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The nature of the country as far as T'an-t'eo, ten li this side of which the Szech'wan border is reached, is not exhausting, although the traveler is offered some rough and wild climbing. The next day's stage, to Lao-wa-t'an, is miserably bad.
Selfishness in the slightest degree should not enter in. But such a man is difficult to find, so I wander on alone, happy in my own solitude. Here I have liberty, perfect liberty. I was stopped on my way to Lao-wa-t'an at a small town called Puêrh-tu, the first place of importance after having come into Yün-nan.
In some places it was a six-inch path along the mountain slope, with a gradient of from sixty to seventy degrees, and landslips and rains are ever changing the path. Lao-wa-t'an is the most important point on the route. One of the largest Customs stations in the province of Yün-nan is here situated at the east end of a one-span suspension bridge, about one hundred and fifty feet in length.
1st day Anpien 90 li 2nd day Huan-chiang 55 li 3rd day Fan-ïh-ts'uen 70 li 4th day T'an-t'eo 70 li 5th day Lao-wa-t'an 140 li 1,140 ft. 6th day Teo-sha-kwan 60 li 4,000 ft. 7th day Ch'i-li-p'u 60 li 1,900 ft. 8th day Ta-wan-tsï 70 li 9th day Ta-kwan-ting 70 li 3,700 ft. 10th day Wuchai 60 li 7,000 ft. 11th day Chao-t'ong-fu 100 li 6,400 ft. I knew that I was in for a very hard journey.
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